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Author:

Jones, Kendra Diana

Title:

Blast Resistance of Polyurea-coated Granite Cladding Walls

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

blast
explosive
granite cladding
polyurea
polymer
high-strain rate
fragmentation

File:

Download Thesis_Jones_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kramer, Cory Adam

Title:

An Experimental Investigation on Performance of a Model Geothermal Pile in Sand

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geothermal
pile
sand
experimental
laboratory
energy
soil

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Revision.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ren, Yuhao

Title:

Immediate Load-Settlement Response of Strip Footings Bearing on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Immediate settlement
Strip footings
Geogrid-reinforced clay.

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Chaoyi

Title:

Effect of Hydraulic Plate Compactor and Lift Thickness on Utility Trench Backfill Compaction

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Compaction
Pipe
Hoe-pack
Soil

File:

Download 1-Thesis_Chaoyi_Wang_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Doyle, Keith E

Title:

Material Properties of Crushable Concrete for use in Vehicle Anti-ram Barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crushable concrete
polystyrene concrete
energy dissipation
confined testing
vehicle anti-ram barriers

File:

Download Keith_Doyle_Masters_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bychkowski, Michael Edward

Title:

PULLOUT RESISTANCE OF SOIL ANCHORS IN COHESIONLESS SOIL UNDER VARYING VELOCITIES BY EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Pullout
Soil anchors
Velocity
Cohesionless
Resistance
Depth
Diameter

File:

Download MBychkowski_Thesis_2016-07-26_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chu

Title:

PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION TIMES FOR SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS USING CS2 MODEL

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Geosynthetic clay liner
consolidation
shear strength testing

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Chu_Wang_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Fox, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member

Author:

Gawelko, Lexi Nicole

Title:

Can Meta-Soil Attenuate Seismic Waves?

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

metamaterial
earthquake
civil engineering
perioidic foundation
resonator

File:

Download Gawelko_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yen Chieh

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE TAILINGS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

mine tailings
coal slurry
mineral properties
coefficient of consolidation

File:

Download YenChiehWang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zilong

Title:

DYNAMICS OF COUPLED FLOW-OBJECT-SEDIMENT SYSTEMS WITH SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS (SPH) SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-object-sediment interaction
multi-phase
SPH
visco-elastoplastic model

File:

Download ZilongLi-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair